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February 6, 2014 mcCrorey Hall, Room 205 4 to 5:30 p.m. FILM SCREENING AND DISCUSSION

The Neo-African-Americans: How Rapid, Voluntary Immigration from Africa and the Caribbean is Transforming the "African-American" Narrative February 17, 2014

Follow up discussion led by members of the Grimes Lounge political Science Association (pSA) 4 to 6 p.m.

Kobina Aidoo, who filmed the one-hour documentary "The Neo-African Americans," asked 13 people to FILM SCREENING describe themselves and got 13 different answers. Why is the name so important? Is it because of the AND LECTURE tension between the American-born blacks whose ancestors were slaves, and the new immigrants who speak English with accents? In Aidoo's film, the “Negros with Guns: Robert Williams and Black participants describe the relationship between the power”The first African American civil rights leader immigrant and native-born groups. to advocate armed resistance to racial oppression February 13, 2014 and violence, Robert F. Williams was born on February http://neoafricanamericans.wordpress.com/ 26, 1925 in monroe, North Carolina. The fourth of Grimes Lounge five children born to Emma Carter Williams and John This program is presented by 4 to 6 p.m. Williams, Williams quickly learned to navigate the the political Science program dangers of being black in the Deep South. The Ku Klux Klan was a powerful and feared force in monroe, and the Dr. Terza S. Lima-Neves BLACK HISTORY community where Williams grew up experienced regular MONTH KEYNOTE brutalization at the hands of whites. ADDRESS http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/negroeswithguns/rob.html February 10, 2014 SPeaKer: Dr. Timothy Tyson, Visiting professor of African Americans and the Struggle American Christianity and Southern Culture, Duke mcCrorey Hall, Room 208 University. Dr. Tyson is the author of the definitive book for Human Rights in the 21st Century on the life of Robert F. Williams entitled Radio Free Dixie: 4 to 5:30 p.m. Robert F. Williams and the Roots of Dr. Keith Jennings, Regional Director Black power. of the National Democratic Institute (NDI) This program is presented by the Political pANEL DISCUSSION This University and community event will commemorate Science Program the legacy of the civil rights movement and the continued struggle to actualize human rights and Dr. Tonya m. Williams The politics of Business: How to democracy in America. prepare for the Corporate World

Three members of the community will explore the Dr. Keith Jennings is a senior associate and the politics of creating and maintaining professional regional director for Southern and East Africa for the networks as well as building community businesses to National Democratic Institute (NDI). Over the past 15 DIGITAL introduce students to the notion that politics is found years, he has represented NDI in 30 countries, in every aspect of our society. The three invited working on a range of governance, civil society, “NEw HUMANITIES” panelists will give students insight into the business political party and elections programs. He is a world and how to be successful. democratic development and human rights specialist as well as the author of numerous popular and CAMpUS AND scholarly articles on a range of human rights and HBC-ME AwARENESS PaneLiSTS democratic development subjects. http://www.ndi.org/ mr. Rickey Hart: Vice president media storytelling, rhetoric, politics and public history and Co-Founder, NDR Energy Group approached as civic leadership in the community and This program is presented by the Political using cultural immersion strategies to promote dialogue Science Program mr. Joe Drew-Hundley: Co-Founder and Senior and the “new humanities” multidisciplinary education. Vice president of the non-profit organization GivenGo Dr. Tonya m. Williams The program serves as a legacy bridge between our rich ms. pansy Steele: Director of Kiddie Academy community of the past shaping the present, with diverse of Arrowood and JCSU alumna contributions from average citizens to the diverse, global Inaugural Robert F. Williams Lecture communities of today.

This program is presented by the Political Robert F. Williams was a civil rights activist and This project is presented by the College of arts Science Program student at Johnson C. Smith University. This lecture and Letters series is devoted to examining the social movement Dr. Terza S. Lima-Neves activism of young people of color in the South. Dr. Laurie porter